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  1. · Business

    AMD snaps up Fei-Fei Li's 3D worlds start-up

    AMD acquires World Labs, Fei-Fei Li's start-up that turns an image into a 3D world, for 8.2 billion dollars. Why this choice.
  2. · Society

    Why household robots still don't exist

    AI writes, translates and codes, yet domestic robots remain nowhere to be found. We explain why everyday movements are far harder for a machine than intellectual tasks.
  3. · Society

    In 2017, researchers predicted what AI would be able to do. We checked.

    In 2017, machine-learning researchers gave dates for what AI would be able to do. We compare their predictions with the reality of 2026.
  4. · Models

    This insect-sized robot does ten backflips in eleven seconds

    A new AI control system allows a flying micro-robot from MIT to fly with the agility of an insect. We explain what this changes and what it could be used for.
  5. · Society

    Cloudflare blocks mixed-use AI crawlers by default

    Cloudflare's policy of blocking AI crawlers by default, which conflates indexing and training, has come into force. We explain the mechanism and what it changes in the balance of power with publishers.
  6. · Society

    Humanoid robots roll off a production line

    Humanoid robots have started rolling off a production line in China. We look at what the shift to mass production changes, and what remains very far from being solved.
  7. · Society

    Data centers protected against drones: AI security goes physical

    Companies are developing anti-drone protection systems for AI data centres. We look at what this emerging market reveals about the new status of these facilities.
  8. · Models

    Nvidia teaches robots by making them dream about the consequences

    Nvidia has unveiled a system that learns from videos and robot movements, then simulates the consequences of an action. We explain what this approach changes, and why it could redefine what constitutes training data.
  9. · Applications

    Self-driving cars in 2026: where do we really stand?

    In 2015, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would complete a fully autonomous Los Angeles to New York trip. It is now 2026. He has done it several times, but with human supervision. Waymo, meanwhile, carries passengers with no one at the wheel in 5 cities. Cruise is dead. Here is the honest state of a long-announced revolution that is finally unfolding, but differently.

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